Professional Book Nerds

We're not just book nerds. We're professional book nerds! We are staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks from public libraries and schools. It's our job to discuss books all day long so we thought, "Why not share the conversation!" Hear about the best books we've read, get recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. Every title discussed is available to borrow through public libraries. Get started reading at overdrive.com and subscribe to our podcast today!

In this week's author interview, Adam talks with Ryan Graudin, young adult author of multiple books including Wolf by Wolf and its forthcoming sequel, Blood for Blood. She shares her writing process and she and Adam geek out over their shared love of fairy tales, tattoos, and travel.

We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.

In today's episode, Adam sits down with writer Jewell Parker Rhodes, an author who is familiar writing for both adults and juveniles/YA. Her forthcoming book, Towers Falling, is all about teaching the story of the 9/11 attacks to children who weren't born when it happened. Like all of Jewell's books, Towers Falling features a diverse cast of characters and touches on important themes and events in America's history. In this interview, she talks about what prompted her to write a book about the September 11th attacks and the real life classroom that inspired her.

We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.

Newcomers to the podcast Christina and Andrea join Adam to discuss their favorite Young Adult books and series. They also discuss why they think YA is such a popular genre. Christina and Andrea share their favorite types of characters and subgenres to read about, whether or not Christina would survive the Hunger Games and the importance of cake in her world. About halfway through we go into the YA books that make us cry and try to figure out why these books are able to move our emotions the way they do.

We also uncover some deep-seated struggles that Andrea and Christina have as friends in regard to whether it's appropriate to wait until a series is completed before you start reading it. Adam also unveils his love for all things Alice in Wonderland and we get sidetracked several times talking about baked goods.

Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into by subscribing to the podcast. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.

May 5th marks the start of OverDrive's AudioSYNC program so the
OverDrive team is spending this episode talking about all things
audiobooks! if you ever visit our Blue Sky Campus and walk
around the office you'll see lots of staff members with headphones
on -- there's always a good chance that they are listening to an
audiobook. It's like being paid to read!

SYNC is a free summer audiobook program designed for teens 13
years of age and over. Each week between May 5th and August 17th,
users will be able to download two audiobooks per week and, best
part is, after the audiobooks have been downloaded, users get to
keep them! Reading in the summer can be challenging with busy
schedules and traveling plans, which can lead to a summer slump,
but with audiobooks, listeners can maintain their reading habits in
a different format. We also feature an interview with Michelle Cobb
from AudioFile magazine, OverDrive's partner in the SYNC
program.

We're not just book nerds: we're professional book
nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading
app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries
and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized
recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that
we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on
Facebook and Twitter.